Marcos v. Barcas

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The plaintiff alleges that she is the mother and only forced heir of Désirée Hudson, who died intestate in 1837, leaving the slave Louis, who has been ever since in the possession of the defendant; that besides being the forced heir of Désirée Hudson, she is the creditor of her succession for funeral expenses and expenses of the last illness paid by her. She asks judgment for the slave Louis, and his hire since the death of her daughter.

The defendant has filed a general denial; and has farther answered that he was in possession of the slave…